8 Responses

Welcome to the Worldview Quiz sponsored by Reason for the Common Good. Take a few minutes to give it a try. The quiz covers two largely separate areas. Half of the questions deal with beliefs about how the world works; for instance, to what extent your worldview is based in faith, science, or both. The other half deal with opinions about what is important; these values questions are outside of the realm of science.The quiz is meant to be thought-provoking, fun, and nothing like a scientific survey. For each of the 24 questions select the answer which most closely matches your view. When finished, click the Submit Answers button at the bottom of this page. After submitting answers you will see your results.
Thank you to everyone who has given feedback and helped improve the quiz!

My score was the maximum 10 science, 10 progressive which overlaps Carl Sagan's dot! I am curious to see what everyone else gets especially Seeker, Aaron, Sam, FCL and Lawanda. Seeker, this is like some of your previous posts where you try to determine how liberal or conservative someone is.

I came out near pope benedict at (-3,1), but above the median into the science section.
I think that this survey is not that great, and their placement of Pat Robertson at the bottom left is very telling – I expect that if Pat took the test, he would have some of the same objections that I have – rather than presenting balanced positions in the middle, it took polar opposites and made you choose. That's convenient for polemics, but not for assessing reality.
I also submitted the following feedback on the questions:

2. Regardless of which you think is right, the answer i was looking for was "logically speaking, they can not both be right."
12. I would have felt more comfortable with "probably" in front of choices 2 and 3
18. as a creationist, i don't like any of the answers. I would say "result of one time creation event near the beginning of history"
20. no good answer. i would say "man is both divine and fallen (sinner), not either or
23. as a christian, i would say "i hope that humankind returns to God in faith , hope, and love"

Thanks for taking the quiz Seeker. I thought it was fun. I am curious to see how you compare with Aaron.…their placement of Pat Robertson at the bottom left is very telling
I don't know if it's any more telling than Carl Sagan's placement. It's hard to find two personalities who are more polar opposites of each other on the science and human lineage issues than Carl Sagan and Pat Robertson :)
I think the question I would ask you is did you end up where you thought you should be anyway? A -3, 1 is close to the middle. I was surprised that I got the max on both axis. The term "secular fundamentalist" is an oxymoron but perhaps the term "Secular Evangelist" (Evangelist – 6. a person marked by evangelical enthusiasm for or support of any cause.) is more accurate? Regardless, I was entertained :)